Python mechanize module not found

Question

My python version is: Python 2.7 I did an easy_install mechanize then I tried running a script and I'm getting this:

File "test.py", line 2, in <module>
import mechanize
ImportError: No module named mechanize

If you need any other information let me know.

I also recommend using `pip` over `easy_install` as per http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3220404/why-use-pip-over-easy-install — Snakes and Coffee, Jan 27 '13 at 00:47
site-packages is empty. Also when running pip I get: "ImportError: cannot import name walk_packages" — mormaii2, Jan 27 '13 at 00:52
What's your OS? It may affect pip (also, what version pip are you using? `pip.exe --version` — Snakes and Coffee, Jan 27 '13 at 00:57
So you're using pip for python 2.4 on python 2.7? I'd assume so since the latest `pip` version is 1.2.1 — Snakes and Coffee, Jan 27 '13 at 01:01
Apparently I had Python 2.4 and Python 2.7 installed simultanously. — mormaii2, Jan 27 '13 at 01:07

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '13 at 03:41

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Try this in case pip or easy_install, for whatever reason, aren't working:

Download the source code from http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/mechanize/mechanize-0.2.5.tar.gz

Unzip the package, go to the command line, change into the folder that was extracted and type:

python setup.py install

If you're on Linux/Mac, you may need to type the following:

sudo python setup.py install

answered Jan 27 '13 at 03:41

Ashwin Balamohan

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Thanks this was the solution! – mormaii2 Jan 27 '13 at 07:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 24 '13 at 14:26

Would like to add something for some future users:

In case some of the users get the error "No module named '_version'" Mechanize however doesn't support Python 3 so you should install a Python 2.x release (the latest available is 2.7.3), install the mechanize package there and then retry running your script.

Python mechanize module not found

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